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loon as theicould be prepared, but the bankrupt had thought pro per to bring himself up here without having given notice. His LORDSHIP *aid' the parties were entitled to notice. Mr. Honwr, then hoped that the other side would not put the bankrupt to the necessity of being sent back to gaol, and being brought up again. Halm said, he would be prepared in two hours after he had received his instructions. - • It was sten arranged that the matter.should come on to-mor row morning, and that the Bankrupt should remain in town till then. SCHREVELIUS' GREEK LEXICON, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH.—INJUNCTION. JONES v. BALDWIN AND OTHERS., Mr. SILADWELL stated that be was instructed to apply, exparte, for an injunction against the defendants, to restrain them, their servants or agents, from selling or permitting to be sold any copies of a work called " Schreveliute Greek Lexicon, translated into E nglish." The motion was made upon bill and affidavit filed. The plaintiff was a gentleman of the name of John Jones, and the defendants were Messrs. Valpy, Baldwin, and Cradock. The statement was, that - the plaintiff, prior to the year 1923, compiled and wrote a work, upon an original plan, which was a Greek and English Lexicon ; it was printed by Longman and Co. in Bvo. ; about 1,800 copies of it were published in the year 1823, and in 1825 nearly the whole were add off. In 1825 the plaintiff published a second edition, by the same per- Ws, Messrs. Longman and Co., with considerable additions. h i 1825, or rather in the month of April, 1826, the defendants also published a work, which they entitled Schrevelius' Greek Lexico n translated into English, and sent a copy of it to the plaintiff, acknowledging that they had made use of the plaintiff's work to a trifling extent in their compilation. The plaintiff oh terved, upon looking into the work, about six 'or seven instances, in Which passages had been taken from his book, but not sus pecting that there had been any material piracy, he took no fur ther notice of it at that time. In August last, he took it into his heal more minutely to examine the work, and, upon" comparing nne.third of his own book with the same proportion of the de fendant's, he found that in uo less than 2,300 passages hie work had been invaded. , His Lounsurr wished to know why the plaintiff had not come here earlier. Mr. SHADWELL said that his client had been ►►linded by the apparent candid conduct of the defendants, and that since August lAA he had been busily engaged in making the selection of the pirated passages.—lnjunction granted. WELLESLEY V. DUKE OF BEAUTYMT. His Lo8ps;;;;;;11;o1;;erv;i this case in the paper of to-day, hat he understood, when it was last mentioned, that both sides were to have sent him all their new affidavits iu the course of last "hp still he had not received one of them. Mr• HART said. there had been a mistake on the part of the Registrar in putting it into the paper; it was understood at the tar to be adjourned until both sides had had ample time to pre pare themselves. His LonDsHie bad no objection to its being so understood now, "ad accordingly the ease stands adjourned sine die. PRIVILEGE OF ATTORNIES. WAINWRIGHT V. SMITH. Mr. Feeerove moved, on the part of the defendant, for an order of this Court, to set aside a bail-bond given by his client to the Sheriff, under the following short circumstances :—The tiff is a clerk in Court, the defendant is an Attorney at Kidder minster ; the plaintiff, as indorsee upon a promissory-note, having 4 demand against the defendant, and not being able to procure the l ""Yi arrested him; the defendant gave the bail-bond in ques tion, and now applied to have it set aside on the ground that he was not liable to an arrest, even by a clerk in Court. Mr. HART opposed the motion. ilis Loansuir said, that ever since he had come into this Court, which lie was sorry to say was now between forty and fifty Years ago, all authority had been against the proposition now sub mitted on the part of this defendant, and the Court was therefore 11 "' called upon to beat down all preceding authority on the sub- Jvct--a length of practice being authority—but which he certainly c ould not do. He would, however, look hack into the history of ',Solicitor entering this Court, and if he found such a privilege " t ending to him, as was now contended for , lie would hesitate before he took that privilege away from the Solicitors of the Court. Mr. HART supposed, if the Court should say nothing further I 'Pon the ease, the parties might understand the motion to be dis missed with costs. His Lonossir said, they certainly might. COURT OF KING'S BENCH.—(Tins DAY.) (ilefln-e the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a common Jury.) THK KING V. HUNT. Mr. HUTCHINS opened the pleadings: !sir. 8c %et rrr stated, that this was a prosecution against John !lent, the ' proprietor and publisher of the _Examiner newspaper, 1 1 .4 , I ; 4 virig published a libel, reflecting on the character of Nicholas a man highly celebrated for his musical talents. The libel was of the same nature as the one for which the proprietor of rite Sunday Monitor had been prosecuted a few dive ago ; but ! k Was not so malignant, nor so full of virnlence or reproach, yet tt ry as of su c h a cas t, as by the law of England was deemed libel. He (Mr. Scarlett) would rest here and say no r i r!ore on the subject, were it not for the example set t r t by Mr. Brougham on Saturday last, who argued the charge made agaiust the prosecutor, was acquiesced fP'l his not adopting that mode of proceeding against the de want on on that occasion, which could give him an opportunity of t ta , bl i'hing his innocence, and who undertook to satisfy the Jury , at he who called a man a rogue, a robber, a felon, &c. - was I' u ocent, and now oug h t to b e acq uitted. It was well-known at there were modes of proceeding in such a case as this , ti 4141 Y) by actio n , cr i m i na l i n f orm ation, or by indictment ; but f , r 614 his own (Mr. Searletee) experience, he knew that whatever t h e " the prosecutor ad o pt e d, the defendant was sure to say that ,Proper 11104 would be to proceed by either of the other two. "e Proceeded by action, the defendant was sure to say that the pr° leeutor dare not appear in the box himself. If he proceeded by in ' "we nt , it would be said, that I e dare not give the defendant an t 'PPortunity o f establishing the truth of the charge. The happy leen libelled, hail always a choice of remedies, and whichever '" took the libeller never failed to complain of it. Though the t°, 6 eentor in this case was distinguished as a musician, yet he r`i not deem himself of such importance as that he ought to ° r uble the Court of King's Bench, to grant him e criminal ditiwriutstion which should be granted only to people of high , ti ktion and eminence in society; and in cases likely to induce ',l"!e.aels. of the peace, an indictment before a Grand Jury . was the 4legt:tireate mode of proceeding by the common law, and if no evi ji 4 e °"iii be admitted respecting the truth or falsehood of the letions contained in the libel, the Jury had no right (as Mr. 4i t he has said) t o assume the truth of them on that account. 41 ' the def en d ant had any excuse or palliation, he might offer them to th " Co urt when brought up for judgment, but in this stage of %,..! Proceedings th e y cou ld no t be admitted, and it would be of no , 1 7 ,1 t , 0 put the pro secutor i n th e b o x to deny the charge, when o "wild not h e a d m itt e d i n ev idence. He (Mr. S.) would say of him se lf, t h at he woul d b e excee di ng ly sorry to say any thing disreputabl e o f t h e defendant, whom lie,k new to be a gentleman most ineorruptibTe eapshi e t, t I not deem capable of btin and stubborn integrity, and whom influenced by malice towards the Prosecutor 41 one of the duties of the couditlitots Publi*hiP the g gTphin question tion ; but it was not to admit any thing into h • of newspapers to take care injure the feelings, the character ,t en. columns calculated to doubt but that the author . Ther e could be no dosor p ro perty of any man, this paragraph who, it appeared, was an nnonymoui corresponden t, h a d been a rival of th e prosecutor's, and not succeeding .1 : and of injurin g his successful com petitor. It was much to be regretted, that a man of Mr. Hones t iller of life and character should lend hi mse lf to the de/signs of t„ t h eileh persons. The Learned Counsel then proc ee d e d to read "hel As follows: ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC. - This silly institution, with its cant about morality and religion, *ins likely to be brought into general contempt by the disaussimis 4 oNv taking place about it. Already the Archbishop Of Yowl: mutt 411 himself in very awkward company when transacting business with his worthy friend Mr.lloczisa, and the Academy Chaplain 4%. e nu sinecure in protecting the boys and girls from bad precepts srul worse examples. ht has been said, very irreverendly, that " if there were no there would he no need of Parsons; and we therefore sup r4e it to find the Chaplain in work that Mr. BOCHSA has It iutroduced somewhat iu that character. The Chaplain " Keep your hands from picking and stealing, your tongue " tin lying, and your body in soberness and chastity," The Devil liplioth with a soft " Do at I do." 0 If the archbishop t and his deputy have power to cast out devils, pr ey will serve their Academy best by turning out Beelzebub, the r r illee of the devils. but the whole business is truly ridiculous, with poor Ver.t.trn to Cruet th e boys and girls in the Italian mode of making singers-- pod MINIZASH to teach them the abort road to composition—the mil l'ans to teach them morals—the Opera to unteach them again 1Y Beelzebub, to show them by his example that the 1, 4 4 - 411 11 of the Great has nothing tq do with honesty or decency, ilo t h i in fact character in the musical profession amounts to 111r 4 ft• Does not the Archbishop shake his wig at this? X. livantrt bad no doubt bat that this came from an alloy moua writer as it professed, for it was no trifle for a man to extract from his awn brain so much original matter as was in the Excl.. miner. There was a great temptation to take from an anony mous writer any thing to fill up columns, yet he ought to be very cautious not to injure others. His Learned Friend Mr. Brougham, may say, that the Editor of a Newspaper has a right to animad vert on the character of whom he pleases ; and he may say, that he will give the Jury such a history of the prosecutor, as will con vince them that the defendant was right. He Mr. Scarlett, re membered the time, when in prosecutions of this nature, Counsel for the defendants would offer no observations, but ressime what they had to say until their client was brought up for judgment. But a different course was adopted here, and he (Mr. Scarlett) would tell the jury, that if Mr.. Brougham and all the Counsel at the bar, endeavoured to persuade them against the defendant, that it could not alter the nature of the case, and that they were bound if they. deemed the publication a libel, to find hint guilty. Thomas Vincent, a clerk of the prosecutor's attorney, proved the proprietory of the Examiner ; he believed the paragraph iu question alluded to the prosecutor; he heard, but he had no knowledge of himself, that the prosecutor had a situation in the Royal Academy of Music. Henry Watts, examined by Mr. HUTCHINS—Was Secretary to the Royal Academy of Music, which was established in 1922 ; it was conducted by a committee of management ; the Arch bishop of York was President in February last, at which period the prosecutor was principal harp-master ; be also superintended the practice of the,bugle. Cross..examined by Mr. Baouattaat-The object of the insti tution was to teach youth of both sexes. _ Mr. BROUGHAM then addressed the Jury for the defendant. His Learned Friend, be observed, bad said, that he was induced to make a long speech after his (Mr. B.'s) example, and that the ' time was when Counsel could not he found to defend such a libel. He (Mr. B.) did not know that there ever was such a time when a verdict would be allowed to be taken in criminal proceedings, without any defence being made ; but he was sure that there never was a time when Counsel would rise up on Monday to address a Jury in reply to what another Counsel had said on Saturday to a different Jury.—(Laughter. )—lf there was such a time, it must be when no defence would be offered to prosecutions of this kind. The question for the Jury in this case was, if the paragraph com plained of was published through malice, for that is the essence of a libel. After the candid admission of his Learned Friend, re specting Mr. Hunt's liberality and integrity (and for this his client was much obliged to him), he (Mr. B.) did not see how the Jury could come to such a conclusion. Mr. Hunt entertained no enmity or malice towards Mr. Boylan. No doubt he was answerable for whatever appeared in his Paper. He did not shrink from the responsibility of this para graph—which he inserted not from malice, nor enmity ; but he knew that the prosecutor was placed in a public station, where he was intrusted with the education of youth of both sexes, in an Institution of great patronage, over which a venerable prelate presided, and front which more purity should consequently be ex pected; and that Mr. Bocbsa, was employed not only professionally, but to superintend their general education, and that under all these circumstances, it was fit that the directors should know the cha racter of such a person. In what situation is an honest Journalist, in what situation are the public, who have an interest in the edu cation of youth, in what situation are the directors themselves, if no man presume to say, if no man dare whisper a syllable respecting the character of such a man, however heinous the offences might be with which he was charged—however necessary to the public it might be that a statement such as was here com plained of might be made ? If Juries felt bound to give a verdict for the Crown in all cases of indictment, it would be exposing a man to conviction the moment he was prosecuted. His learned friend said, that the prosecutor was too modest to trouble the Court of King's Bench for a criminal information, and that he had been well advised in proceeding as he has done. If modesty be the characteristic of this man, he would let him have all the benefit of it; but he would say of the Court of King's Bench, and in the presence of the Chief Justice, that no Court gave more sa tisfaction, by lending an ear to the complaints of all persons of ! whatever class or rank in society; and not a week ago his Learned Friend , moved for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be tiled on behalf of an actress, or at least a female. His object might be, no doubt, to prevent a violation of the peace—(Laughter) —or, per haps, that the motion was made not by the advice of his friend, but that of another person ; but with respect to the pre sent charge, which was for making observations on a man placed in a public' institution, notwithstanding the acknowledged innocence and integrity of the defendant, notwithstanding the usefulness of the publication to the public, the Jury were called upon to find hint guilty, without hearing a whisper in evidence.— The law was not so oppressive as all that, for if so, it would go to extinguish the liberty of remark on all persons in public situa tions. Here was a person admitting the truth of the charge, I. ) not bringing an action, not denying it by not tiling criminal iniiir mation, yet they are called upen to give a verdict in his favour. The law did not require that in all cases of indictment a ver dict should be given against the defendant, the Jury were to judge if the object of the publisher was malice or rancour. The observations made in this publication were of a slight or jocular nature. Their object was to call the attention of the Directors to the person whom they hail employed. There was no charge of criminality or malice ; the Jury were confined to the consideration of two things—namely the con duct of the prosecutor in such a public situation, and the motives and intentions of the defendant, coupled with his general conduct. Having drawn the attention of the Jury to these points, he would trouble them with no further observations. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE, in charging the Jury, observed, that it had been said Mr. Hunt was a gentleman of character and respectability, and could not be influenced by malicious motives. That his Lordship did not mean to question ; hut, by law, proprietors of newspapers were answerable for whatever they published, and if they were not themselves influenced by ma lice, but lent themselves to the foul purposes of others, and would on that account be exempt from punishment, no character could be safe. It had been said that he had published this to give in formation to the Directors of this Establishment; if he really wished to give information, the proper way would be to communicate personally with the Directors thernselves.-s- It had been said that if the prosecutor were innocent of the charge he might bring an action, or file a criminal information. As a general proposition it was true that the applicant for a criminal information should deny upon oath the truth of the libel, but pu looking on this publication, he saw nothing in it which the prosecutor could deny, unless he made en affidavit that he was not the devil.—(Much laughter. )—The learned Judge then commented upon the publication in question, and gave it as his opinion that it was libellous. The Jury, after considerable hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty. COURT OF COMMON PLEA &—(Tnis DAT.) (Before Mr. Juitice GAsEt.rit.) The COURT was occupied till two o'clock in the trial of a case of no public interest, and subsequently of undefended causes till we went to Press. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.--('Tins DAY.) These Sessions commenced this morning before FRANCIS CONS; Esq., a Bench of Magiltrates, and a CoMmon Jury. A trifling case of assault beinglisposed of; • - , Joseph Wolfe, Henry Alexander, Moses Solomon, Ashers Sampson, Hyam Hyams, Isaac Alexander, and john Moss, convicted at the last adjournment-day of an assault of the moat brutal nature on Isaac Lazarus, were put to the bar to receive the sentence of the Court. They were tried at the. adjournment day of last Middlesex Ses sions for a riot and assault, which took place in September last, at the Jew's burial ground, in Grove-road, Bethnal, Green; it ' arose ou t of a disputed possession of the ground ; and the defendants, after applying to the Magistrates at Lam beth -. street - Office, went in two hackney coaches to the front of the burial-ground, with a view to take possession.- -The pr osecu to r resisted the attempt, and was beaten about the head in the most dreadful manner, insomuch that hie life was de 'paired of for a considerable time. The Jury found them guilty of assault only, and the Court de- la Y e d passing sentence, in order to a scertain the state of the pro secutor's health. ' Mr. ALiatv who attended for the prosecutor, in praying for judgment of the Court on the defendants said, that with the excep tion the other had sustained at their hands, tdfent Henryit who laaac Alexander, and Ashen) Sampson , were in reduced circumstances, bad done all in he tleir P o wer towards recompensing the prosecutor for the injury the Court to' pass any heavy sentence ou them, the other de fendants had not chum, to snake ' a y recompense; and be, there fore,be, therefore, did not wish to press hoped the Court would order 4 ti ' le other defendant* to be dis charged on : The CHAIR M AN said he was afraid that lie could not yield to pay•nil a shilling eac h. the suggestion of Mr. Alley • the wholteof .14' defendants, had been convicted together, and, i i n [ . Mr. CLARKSON appeared o ilt opinion, l i f t‘nonedesdufrieureadffida. im prisonment, the other also ought. vide made by the defendants; trhe' Sampson , ln him to Bethnal-Careen; evit made by Mr. y, a surgeon, who went to see the prosecutor at the request of the These affidavits were read, they stated that Sampson, during the time the other defendants were engaged in committing the as sault, was sitting in a hackney coach, and did not interfere in any way with their proceedings. The affidavit of the surgeon proved the present state of the health of the prosecutor. The CHAIRUAN said, that the Magistrates had thought it their duty to visit the prosecutor previous to passing sentence on the defendants, and they found him in such an ill state of health, as not to be likely again to recover the proper use of his faculties. Mr. CLARKSON said he was utterly incapable of making any remarks on the evidence produced on the trial, in consequence of his being absent on that occasion. He did not know that it was illegal for the Court to use its discretion in allowing the defendant to speak to the prosecutor, with a view of making up the matter, but he thought such a course highly improper. His client had made the prosecutor an offer of 101., and in his opinion that sum was quite sufficient and ample remuneration. Mr. BARRY spoke on behalf of the other defendants. Previous to the Chairman passing sentence on the defendants, Mr. Sampson begged to address the Court. He had engaged Mr. Andrews to appear for him, and as that gentleman was en gaged iu conducting a cause in another Court, he was unable to appear there, and Mr. Clarkson had appeared for him at a very short notice. It had been stated that he had a country-house more resembling a palace than the residence of a person in his circumstances, and that he. also kept his carriage • it was not the fact,—be merely resided out of tow n f o r the benefit of his health, and as for a carriage, he never thought of:oche thing. The Citataarari observed, that the fact of the defendant Samp son cot being actually engaged in the committing of the assault on the unfortunate young man was no answer to the charge. He was equally criminated with the other defendants. On the trial it had been proved that the attempt to take possession of the burial ground was done under his (Sampson's) immediate direction. He had applied to the Magistrates for a warrant, and was told that the attempt was illegal, and that he took possession of the ground at his peril. With respect to the remark made by Mr. Clarkson respecting the defendant's making recompence to the prosecutor, the Court followed the example of the Court of King's Bench ; they referred cases to the Muter to decide what recompeuce was due to the plaintiffs in cases of this description, and in this Court it was thought proper to give the defendant leave to speak to the prosecutor. After considerable argument between the Chairman and the Council engaged on both sides, on Mr. Sampson agreeing to pay the prosecutes the sum of 501, The Court discharged the whole of the defendants, on paying ls. each. MEETINGS. --(THIS DAY.) BRITISH IRON COMPANY. A special meeting of the Shareholders of the above Company was helfl this day at the City of London Tavern, Bishipsgate street, fur the purpose of confirming the following Resolution, passed at the last meeting " That after this time fifty shares, at least, shall be the qualifi cation for a Director. Any person who may be appointed a Di rector at the present meeting, being, however, at liberty to com plete his qualification within a month." The Chair was taken at one o'clock by Mr. HORVELEY PAntrit, and the resolution was unanimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN, in reply to some observations addressed to him, stated that the affairs of the Company were likely to go on in a very prosperous way, and that there was every likelihood that the Abersyean lease would be executed in a few days. It was also mentioned that the proceedings in the Court of Exchequer on the part of the Company against Mr. Attwood, were taken under the advice of Mr. Bickersteth. We underatood, although it was not stated publicly at the meet ing that the above resolution became necessary in consequence of the reduction of the shares from 1001. each to 50/.. Under the former regulations twenty-fi , ie shares were a sufficient qualifica tion for a Director, and the number was now doubled in order that his stake in the Company might wtil be the same. PARISH OF ST. GEORGE'S, HANOVER-SQUARE. A numerous Meeting of the inhabitant householders of the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, was held, this day, at the . Gun TaVern, Pimlico f for the purpose of petitioning Parliament against an Act passed during the last Session of Parliament, entitled an Act for paving, lighting, watching, and repairing Grosvenor place. Mr. Hobhouse, M.P. in the Chair. The petition submitted and agreed to by the Meeting was founded on a series of resolutions proposed by a Meeting held in October last, in which the parishonerscomplamed that Earl Gros venor had smuggled the Act through the House of Commons without the knowledge of the parishioners, and in opposi tion to another Act prepared' with the consent of the parish. It was also complained that the Act was onerous, oppres site, and unequal, for that the powers given by it to the trustees were arbitrary and unlimited; that excessive sums might be levied on the parish under it ; and that by its provisions the inhabitants of the outward, where the greatest proportion of the poor resided, were called upon to defray expenses which ought to be paid by the whole parish. In addition to these grievances, it was alleged that this Act was the first step towards dividing the parish, which would be ruinously oppressive to the inhabitants of the outward. The petition having been read and unanimously agreed to, Mr. Francis Edwards addressed the meeting, calling upon the share holders to come forward and assist in the struggle they were about to enter into with Lord Grosvenor, by affording some pe cuniary assistance. He said there were about 2,500 houses in the parish, and that half-a-Crown from each would defray all the necessary expellees. He knew that the householder's who were not under the immediate influence of Lord Grosvenor, were eagerly and unanimously opposed to the late act, and he could assure them that any funds placed in the hands of the Committee, should not be wasted. A Parishioner wished to be informed whether their worthy _Re presentatives were acquainted with the passing of the Act through the House of Commons. Mr. HOBHOTISX said, the Bill was put into his hands by Mr. Boodle, who said there was uo opposition to it, and it passed as all such bills should, in perfect silence. When any opposition was intended to a private Act, it was ahvays the custom to present a Petition against it, which was not done in this instance.- Mr. EnwARDs said, that no notice was posted on the Church of the intention ofapplying for the Act, so that in this respect it was informal. Mr. Hoenoust said, that she only way for the Petitioners to effect their object,,would be to bring another bill into Parliament, repealing the objeitionable clauses in Lord Grosvenor's Act. He must add, that-the expence of a privatebill was shamefully great; it amounted, he believed, to about 1,600/. Under those circum stances, it was for the Parishioners to consider what they should do. Ile would suggest the propriety- of attempt ing an arrangement. He could not conceive that the trustees under - the New Act, many of whom were highly respectable gentlemen, nor that our - Lord Governor himself, would desire to force a bill which was generally objectionable. However this might be, he had to acquaint the meeting, that presenting the petition would not effect their object, though it was a proper and necessary step towards it. A GICNTLrNtax inquired, whether Lord Grosvenor could not make some alteration in the bill. Mr. Ho:inmost replied, that any alteration must be made by the House of Commons. An Lord Grosvenor could do, was to offer no opposition to any new bill that the parishioners thought proper to bring in. Mr. EnwAaus said the rate under the Bill would amount tb Ss. in the pound, and it was estimated a dozen years ago that a rate of Id. a pound produced 1,5001. Three shillings a pound, he thought, could not produce less, at this time, than between 70 and 80,0001., an enormous su► for the parish to he called upon to pay. A GINTILKSIAN asked whether Mr. Hobhouse would Conde seeud to accompany the Deputation? to which the Hon. Gentle man assented. A PARISHIONER Said, Lord Grokrenor eared nothing, for be had let hie land. Mr. HATCIIARD suggested the propriety of a deputation wait ing on Lord Grosvenor, and showing him the petition., Alr. Enwaans said, Lord Grosvenor knew his tenants very Well when they went to pay their ground-rents, but lie knew no thing at alt of them upon any other occasion. Mr. Jamas iIATCHARD said, there could be no doubt that some o f t h e T rustees were personally interested. They had gone to ex pences which no men would have done without having a private interest in the matter. Acting upon this principle of private interest, the parishioners now saw the great thorough fares in the panel; i n a dangerous filthy state, whilst streets little used, were most expensively paved. The objections to the bill were numberless; there was no limit to the application of the money. If Lord Grosvenor chase to pav e hi s squares with marble, and leave the streets unpaved, the pariah had no remedy. A Parishioner inquired whether it could disfranchise the pa rishoners if the Wards should be divided? Mr. 11011110 USE said the . Aleeting might be assured he would never bring in a bill to effect that. _ A resolution wa s th e n pulled to the effect that application should be made to Lard Grosvenor, and, if posaible, an amicable a rrangement entered into. _ With this understanding the Meeting separated. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. WINDSOR, DEC. 3.—His MAJESTY, accompanied by the Lord Steward, in his travelling carriage and four, with postillions and outriders, arrived yesterday evening at the Royal Lodge, in the Great Park, where he dined. Sir E. Nagle and Colonel Thornton ar rived in the afternoon, and had the honour of dining with his MAJESTY. Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta left her residence, Frogmore Lodge, yesterday forenoon, for Bagshot Park,•where she continues for a short time, on a visit to her Royal Sister, the Duchess of Glou cester. ARRIVALS.—Lord Elliott, at his house, Dover-st.; Hou. Col. Anson, M.P., at his house in Curzon-street, May-fair, from Mr. Coke's seat, in Norfolk ; Lord Berwick, at Jordan't hotel, St. James's -street, from his seat, Hattinghatu Hall, Salop; Mr. and Mrs. Dolphin, at ditto, from their seat, Gloucestershire; Dr. and Mrs. Barham and ion, and Mrs. Barham, sen., at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, from their seat, in Cornwall; Chas. Sampson, Esq., at ditto, from Bath ; Captain and Mrs. Mean, at the Brunswick Hotel, (late Blake's), Jermyn-street, from In. dia; Mrs. Ramsbottom and Ladies, at Nerot's ibitel, Clifford street and Cork-street; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Lyster, at ditto ; Earl of Erroll, at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from Hampton ,court ; Sir H. Askew, at ditto, from Yorkshire ; Hon. T. Finnis, at ditto, from Belvidere ; Lord and Lady Bratlenell, at the Bur lington Hotel, Old Burlington-street and Cork-street, from Brigh-, ton ; Col. and Mr. Mackenzie, at ditto, from the Continent; Coesvett, jun., Esq., at ditto, from Essex ; General Har cOurt, at ditto, from Windsor; his Highness Prince Felix Schwart zenburg, at Marshal Thompsan's Hotel, Cavendish -square, from Germany; John Wynn, Esq., Mrs. Wynn, and family, at ditto ; DEPARTURES.—The Duke of Buckingham, from his house in Pall-Mall, for his seat, Avington, Hants ; Lord Strangford, on a tour; Dowager Lady , and Miss Molesworth, from the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, for their seat, Cobham, Surrey; J. L. Molliet, Esq. from ditto, for Birmingham; S. Molliet, Esq. from ditto, for India ; Mr. and Airs. Dyke, from the British Hotel, for their seat in Norfolk ; Captain Grant, from ditto, for Bath ; the most Noble Marquis Thomond, &c. &c. from Neret's Hotel; the Hon. Mrs. Gray and family, from ditto; Sir Henry Fane; Bart., from the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, for Manta ; Miss Carey, from T hompson'ro Hotel, Cavendish-square ; . _ Arrived at Gibb's Hotel, Regent Bridge, the Right Honourable the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine ; Count de St. George and Son; Colonel Elphinston ; Captain Brown, of Park; James Hamilton, Esq. ; William Forbes Stewart, Esq. ; Gustay. Schob, Esq. ; James John Hamilton, Esq. ; and P. Grant, Esq. —EdinVurgh Botany Courant. KING'S THEATRE. This house opened on Saturday evening, with Spontini's opera of La Veatale. The two chief characters, supported by Madame Caradori and Signor Curioni, have some scenes rich in musical excellence; on these the composer has lavished his genius; the subordinate characters are subordinate indeed. The chnrusses and finales are uniformly good. The plot of La Vestale is briefly this —Licinius, a brave Roman soldier, is ardently attached to Julia, the daughter of a senator, who returns his love with corresponding warmth; but as the name of the suitor has not been inscribed on the roll of fame, the father of the lady repels his advances. Licinius proceeds to the wars, as all disappointed lovers ought to do, and in the end returns a victorious general, having over come the Gauls. He enters Rome in triumph, but finds, to his utter dismay, that his betrothed mistress had, during his ab sence, been compelled to enroll herself amongst the vestal virgins. He determines to enter the temple of Vesta, that he may carry off his mistress, for whose sake he is content to abandon his country. He effects his purpose, and his mistress, though trembling for the consequences of his visit, cannot conceal her delight at again meeting her beloved. But the Goddess Vesta will not suffer her temple to be profaned with impunity ; and, while the lovers are exchanging mutual vows of constancy, the sacred fire, to the preservation of which Julia ought to have attended, is ex tinguished. The Pontiff and the Chief Vestal enter the temple immediately afterwards. Julia is denounced, and is condemned to death. She descends into the tomb prepared for her ; but, at this critical moment, a dreadful storm occurs, and the veil of the condemned Vestal is consumed by lightning. This event is declared by the Pontiff to be a proof that the wrath of the Goddess Vesta is appeased. Julia is libe rated, and she and her lover are made happy. Madame Ca radori supported the part of Julia with eminent suc cess, both as a singer and an actress. Few women could have looked the gentle and desponding vestal better; and very few could have executed the music with deeper feeling or more delicate expression. Her arena in the second act, commencing Tu the invoco con orrorei where, half distracted, Julia, in the first in stance, intreats the aid of the goddess, but ultimately sinks under the wild fervour of her passion for Licinius, was distinguished by strong natural feeling, aided by much scientific knowledge. Ma dame Caradori has rarely had such an opportunity for the display of her talents, and to use rather a homely phrase, she made the most of it. Her performance was, throughout, very warmly and very justly applauded. Signor Curioni sustained the character of Licinius in an able manner. His scene with Julia in the temple was extremely clever. Many passions are to be described in this scene (which is, perhaps, the beat in the opera), and he entered fully into each of them ; love, apprehension, and terror, were al ternately pourtrayed with great truth. Madame Biegioli, who after three years absence, has returned to the house, appeared as the Chief Vestal, and played the character with much pro priety. Her address to Julia, especially that part of it in which she speaks of lave, as the great enemy of Vesta, was given with considerable force. Contrary to the usual practice, the exertions of the ballet carps, instead of being employed in some extraneous entertainment between the acts, are made subservient to the busi ness of the Opera. On this occasion, Mademoiselle Boron, and Messrs. Gonelin and Blasi,, appeared in the ballet for the first time, and were extremely well received. The Opera was highly approved of by a full house. THE MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE.—(Tuts DAY). The supplies of the past week were moderate, and this morning there is a tolerable good arrival of Wheat, Barley, Beans, and Pease, from Essex and Kent, but little from other parts. Prime Wheat alone has commanded the attention of our millers to day, and has rather exceeded the terms of this day se'nnight. Barley slow of sale at last quotations. Beans are heavy, and Is. to Rs. per quarter cheapet•. Pease are Is. per quarter lower. There is rather more stiffness iu the Oat trade than on Friday last, but, to make sales, la. per quarter reduction must be submitted to from the terms of last Monday. The Flour trade remains in an unsettled state. AARIVALS OF LAST WEZK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Beene. l'eastylottr, Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Mack.. Enitil.h -• ....... •• • ' :0 35 3.1 4 • U 3,357 1.2 837 ;OW 7,281 Irish Foreign 1 S® 543 ---- 10,614 3,40 1.W73 50bris ---- -- - YRICFS. Wheat, Red (old) 50s. 60s. White (ok1) Red (1826) s2s. —.....--- Fine sls. 5/s. Superfine. sBs: 603. White (18I6) 565. Fine 564. tills. ----. Superfine 614. 655. Rye (new) 36s. os. Barley licks (new) .......... 9ttr. 50s. ....... 4l x. r i s s: -- Fine Ms. 66.5. ?ease, Grey (new) llk 525. (new) (new) . 44s. 50s. 525. 60s. Small (now) 50a. Mi. (okl) Ws. ti)i (new) 475. 56, (1 ) 48.. UM, new) 488. WU. old) 5OB. tilt Beam, BrAuk --I. -I. Oats, Feed Ws, :Ma. S. Poland 325, 370. Fine 4Us. Pouttoe 345. stir, `Via scotch 4os. 42., Flour (per sack) MN. r4ls, 460. t'ooritry 4rsi Bran lls. SMITHFIELD MARKET.—(Tnis Div.) _ _ Mil day's supply of Beats 'as rather nu►neroux, and o f fair average quality ; that of other kinds of stock fully adequate to the demand. Prime Beef, on account of,the buyers anticipating that it will be higher as Christmas approaches, experienced a brisk sate, at an advance of about 2d. per stone, but with that of mid,. tiling and inferior quality, as also with Mutton and Pork, the trade was very dull at Friday's quotations, from which veal re. ceded from 2d. to 4d. per stone. TRICKS PER STONE OF 81.11 S. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to a. d. Inferior Beasts ll 8 3 Second quality ditto— 3 2 3 ti Prime large Oxen 4lO 5 Prime Scots, du 5 0 5 4 Inferior Sheep 3 0 ' 3 4 Second quality ditto 3 8 310 'Coarre.woolled ditto 310 4 2 SUPPLY, Al PER CI I Sheep. 23,880 1. d. South Down Wether s . 4 d 2 to 4 Large coarse Calves.... 3 0 4 0 Prime small ditto . ...... 4 4 4. 8 Large Hogs ............... 310 4 2 Small Porkers...... .... 410 D Suckling Calves...l2s. to 325, each. Quarter old Pigs ..10s. to 161, each. .ENIC'S STATEMENT. I Calves so t . I PUP . Idi Beasts. 2,74 • _....- _________ ........,.... NEWOATE AND LEADENNIALL MARKET* At per stone, by the Carcass. too. d. tel. 4. 8. d. Cl. i. Beef 3 0 4 4 Veal 3 4 b U 90 5 U Mutton 0 6 3 6 Pork SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The critical posture of affairs between Spain and Por tugal, as it involves au opposition between the essential interests of Great Britain and others of the superior powers of Europe, or, more correctly speaking, between their re spective systems of policy, has become a serious topic of consideration. in the political circles within the last fort night. 'We see not how a rupture can be avoided, but by the departure of the French troops from Spain, and of the en N t o s r ho d u j o d es b i e t really cc . o squadron tir o usu of England llythe F fr i o .e m nch the e T ov egt ern is m . ous of retaining a single soldier beyond the Pyrenees, at an enormous expense, and to the eventual destruction of whatever discipline accompanied the army in its invasion. The House of Bourbon has already solved the only problem about which it had any reason to be solicitous. The troops, it is now manifest, are faithful to the Royal Family; and what can be gained for the real benefit of the monar chy by this waste of strength on a foreign and ungrateful soil, is more than we can imagine. It appears dear, that the longer the Monkish principle of Government prevails at Madrid, the more certain and ready will be the prospect of a re-action, unless prevented by France; and, therefore, the more extensive the demands upon the latter kingdom for support in men and money. M. Villele, as an indivi dual, is convinced of this; . but as a creature of the priest hood, he is forced to accommodate his policy to objects which it is impossible for him or for any reasonable states man to approve. However, let this Minister look before him carefully : it is better to leave a. fallinglouse to its fate, than to spend the price of a dozen new ones in vainly striving to support it.—Tintes. The intelligence from Colombia, by ,the last. Jamaica packet, has not, it seems, enabled Mr. Hurtado to say one word about the remittances from hie, Government—the unseen and mysterious dollars, from Carthagena t which he so providentially insured. Has the vessel which contained them foundered ? Perhaps he has received official des patches upon the subject, explaining the causes of the de lay : at all events, he must now be in possession of docu ments which will convince the Bondholders that the money was once at Carthagena,- and intended to be forwarded to England. It is the snore necessary that Mr. Hurtado should lose not a moment in giving the most ' unreserved explanations upon this subj ec t ; - because, from all that publicly appears, there is absolutely nothing which can lead the most sanguine creditor of the Republic to hope for what is due to him. Where are these Carthagens dol lars, for the safe arrival of which the insurance was effected ? Are they still at Carthagena ? Have they been sent back to Bogota ? Have they been applied to some other purpose? Or are they at the bottom of the Atlantic ? Mr. Hurtado must not expect that he can re main silent upon this matter, and escape opinions injurious to his character.—Netv Tinier. It is a very common practice, but not the more excu sable on that account, for any one who is accused, to turn round upon his accusers, and instead of rebutting the charge, prefer one against them. The thief, for instance, complains continually of the rough usage be has expe rienced from the polite-officer • the lady of questionabl e Virtue talks 'of the scandal which has been thrown upon her character ; and the wholesale dealer in fraudulent hub bles moves for a criminal information against the libellers of his honour and reputation. Without assimilating the case to any, or either of these, we cannot help thinking that it is at least injudicious in Mr. Brogden to suppose that he will at all aid his own case, by attemptingtoftow any of the odium of it upon Mr. \Vaitbman. But Mr. Waithman, forsooth, like the press upon somewhat similar occasions, is attempted to be made the scapegoat; and Mr. Brogden would really have the world believe that he is, through Mr. Waithman's means, an injured and persecuted man • and but for the over-officious, unwarrantabl e zea l o f the Worthy Alderman, would have been quietly reseated in the Chair of the Ways and Means Committee with a salary of 1,2001. a-year. But, whatever may be the merit or demerits of the matter, Mr. Wititliman has no title to lay claim to it. All-that Mr. Weithinan did, as far as Mr. Brogden is concerned, was in substance this—" I mean ' " says he, . , to bring -the wh o l e quest i on o f t h e late Bubble Mania before the House, and under standing that the late Chairman of its Com. mittees has been engaged in some of thorn JI shall oppose his re-election till th a t i nq ui ry has taken place." But it was not Mr. Waithman who threw the first stone at Mr. Brogden ; it was Sir Joseph Yorke. On the election of the Speaker that blunt and honeet Member spoke out in a way that could not be misundar. stood ; and threw down the gauntlet in a tone of defiance which no one ventured to reply to. But su re ly all this did not come unexpectedly upon Mr. Brogden. His share in these matters had been discussed from•the Land's End to the Orkneys, long before either Sir Jo se ph Y or l ce or Mr. Waithman had s a id one word upon the subject ; and therefore if Mr. Brogden has. a satisfactory defence to offer, which we hope he has, he should have been pre pared with it months ago; and not now express surprise at an accusation, which, we will venture to say, every men in the kingdom, competent to judge of the matter, knew very well would inevitably be made. We repeat that we shall be happy to see Mr. Brogden come pure and unsuls lied from the ordeal which awaits him. We hope he will be able especially to show how he, a man of mercantile habits, could have 1,045/. paid to his account at his banker's, without knowing from what source it came. But whether he can, or whether he cannot, Mr. W a i t h man i s not answerable for the consequences. He has conducted himself up to this moment quite unimpeachably upon the subject. Of course he must expect to raise a hornet's nest about his ears. The whole tribe of plunderers will of course hate and abuse him. But there is a power stronger than they—the power of public opinion —which will sup port and maintain him, if he does his duty fearlessly, ho nourably, and impartially.—Morning Without alluding to particular instances, which the very subject we are about to mention will probably show that it would not, perhaps, be quite safe to do it, it must be ob svoioumes t t i o m e e v e ei n T ra o g n e e d t i h n a t t the Pe the em osrtis4ios irtant t t r n u d g been gle ithas i f o or r many:years had to contend with, in behalf of its o w n , an d, o r! t e e with it, that of the public liberty. The question at i ssue seems now to have resolved itself into a very narrow come pass—viz. Whether to expose' the vices and th e frauds tss mostthe mosts ca ses p " r e ob o a b t s e e o ri f v tmankindtlat criminale or informations be n ot a crime Its are sorted to. Actions for the civil injury, w hi c h dents the opportunities of justifying their assertions if they can, is the remedy which conscious innocence, we should imagine, would most readily promptsa man to adopt.— Next to that, nit indictment w h ere a G rand Jury wou ld have the means of sifti ng an d interrogating Witnesses. The last, and least to be admired, is that by v 61114141 informs. mien, which impos es upon t h e Judges the pa i n f u l d u ty o f p v it o ‘vinoi being compelled t o b e li e V e an d act upon w h atever a man can screw up his consc i ence to swear to on his null behalf; for i t is upon oath the statem ents o f w hi c h lie complains. Now one result of such a r u l e i s, t h at the' mo re infamous a man is, the more readily he r an o btain his coil. A base wretch, for instance, c l p l i d ailii ese n i g n, should ooutlfdlis falsify foin of proceed. that essential, the whose eyes a judicial oath is of no more consequence than the habitual ones which he every moment uses, can, when tits are told of him, readily obtain his cri who may have violated all the laws of God and man, in any awkward truths by swearing that whichhe himse lf krtorvs We wish we could, for their own too be which the Court must, in that stage, "PP"' a nd t ft e r t i l r ie tie s . ake:of public liberty and justice, see sakes;, he Courts ridding themselves of this anomalous kind of jurisdiction. Why should not Grand Juries be resorted to in all eases? There-has been no denial of justice ontheir part, Indeed they have, on most occasions, slitoWn too ready a tendency to admit of groundless charges. But be fore them there is at least a chance (often, to be sure, a very sorry one) of witnesses being crossweemiiied, and of